January 6, 2008
Happy Three King’s Day
The 6th of January is a holiday in many European countries (because, you know, there haven’t been enough holidays recently). It is the celebration of Three King’s Day (or Epiphany), supposedly the day that the three kings made their way to visit Jesus with all those funky gifts. The celebrations vary a bit from country to country, but most seem to involve some form of baked goods and crowns. Here are a couple examples:
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The Paris Traveler shows us how the Fetes des Rois is done in France.
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Spain celebrates with processions and cakes, with the most famous festivities happening in the city of Cadiz.
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Switzerland puts little plastic things in cakes. If you get the plastic thing in you piece but manage to not choke to death on it, you get to wear a crown for the day. Hooray!
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